Friday, May 1, 1863
After spending most of their week reinforcing earthworks and rifle pits the Thirteenth New Hampshire formed a new camp along the Nansemond River. Upon forming camp the Thirteenth received badly-needed shelter tents and are ordered to send excess personal baggage home or to Fortress Monroe.1
References:
1S. Millett Thompson, Thirteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 : A Diary Covering Three Years and a Day (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888), 135-38.
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